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Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model Output
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This archive has three distinct Miami Isopycnic Coordinate
Ocean Model (MICOM) outputs. The output grids are
for isopycnal layers, at one-twelveth degree spatial and
three-day temporal resolution.
Water temperature, salinity, and velocity components are
the primary output variables. The model domain is
the Atlantic Ocean from
65-70N to 28S latitude and in two cases includes
the Mediterranean Sea. The
three cases are briefly outlined below and differ primarily in
the atmospheric forcing that is used.
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MICOM.ICOADS
- International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data
Set (ICOADS) mean wind forcing
- Domain: 28S to 65N, 98W to 17E
- 16 isopycnal layers
- Six years of data
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MICOM.ECMWF
- ECMWF mean wind forcing
- Domain 28S to 70N, 98W to 36E, includes the
Mediterranean Sea
- 20 isopycnal layers
- Three years of data
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MICOM.DAILY
- ECMWF 6-hourly forcing
(wind, surface radiation, air temperature and humidity)
- Domain 28S to 70N, 98W to 36E, includes the
Mediterranean Sea
- 20 isopycnal layers
- 1979-1986
Details about the model forcing, mixing
parameterization, bottom topography, computational
requirements, and browse graphics are available at the
MICOM website
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